PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEYS FOR PERSONAL, VISUAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH
With Douglas Beasley
Invest in your artistic growth and move your career forward with a sustom-designed Mentorship.
Focus your creative vision, develop your photographic talents and advance your artistic and career goals with a mentorship. Continue for more info…
Trade River Retreat Center, NW Wisconsin Or held at your chosen location… With Douglas Beasley
Invest in your artistic growth and move your art forward with an intensive one-on-one private or small group workshop.
You and Doug will custom design your workshop together around your needs and desires for growth based on a holistic approach, examining all aspects of your creative process. You could work on your identity materials, get advice on marketing, review past photo work or projects, have guided studio or field photo sessions with or without models, discuss artistic direction and set specific goals for the future as well as develop an action plan for achieving them. Continue for more info…
Badlands of South Dakota
with Douglas Beasley
May 23 – 27, 2013
Only 1 space left!
Whether you are a very experienced people or figure photographer or you are a complete novice who has never worked with the nude, this is a wonderful opportunity to work with the figure in the landscape in a supportive, non-sexist, non-competitive environment. We meet in Interior, South Dakota (one hour from the Rapid City, SD airport), for this five-day workshop in and around Badlands National Park and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota. This remote, very sacred land with its sculpted soil, sweeping vistas, unpredictable weather and extraordinary light is an ideal dramatic background for figurative image making. We will work collaboratively with our models to connect with and integrate this sacred land to our own vision. Continue for more info…
Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota
with Douglas Beasley
June 8-15, 2013
Only 2 Spaces Left!
Join us for an unforgettable and completely non-touristy 8 day journey through the Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota, land considered sacred to the Lakota (Sioux) and Cheyenne Indians for centuries. Following the classic American tradition of the road trip, each day will bring us to somewhere new and meaningful, filled with rich photographic opportunities. This will be both a road trip and a spiritual adventure. Continue for more info…
Maine Media Workshops Maine Coast, Rockport, Maine with Douglas Beasley July 21-27, 2013
You do not have to practice, or even understand, Zen to join us for a powerful week of exploring new ways of seeing and making photographs that come from a more personal and intimate place, using spirituality as creative force. We will revitalize our creativity by exploring the relationship between our subject, the camera and ourselves. Cultivating simplicity with purpose and vision, we will learn to create more powerful, as well as more personal, photographs, supporting the concept that a photograph is not ‘taken’ but ‘made’. We will put more depth and meaning in our photos by becoming more in touch with our inner selves, then use that awareness to deepen the connection with our subjects; whether person, place, or thing. Continue for more info…
Madeline Island School of Art Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Northern Wisconsin with Douglas Beasley August 4-9, 2013
This is not about making ‘pretty’ pictures or ‘postcard’ like records of one’s travels. It is about making a deeper, more authentic connection to the land and learning to express that connection in our photography. We will be using the island, the sky and water as well as ourselves to convey an emotional experience into a visual one. This workshop will be about making, not taking, photographs by nourishing a deepening connection to one’s heart/soul/self and then bringing that awareness into our photo making process. We will work on giving our photos more layers of meaning to make stronger, more powerful images. Continue for more info…
Trade River Retreat Center Near Grantsburg, Northwest Wisconsin with Catherine Just and Douglas Beasley September 18-22, 2013
Workshop is full. Please email to be put on the waiting list.
A women’s only photography and creativity retreat at the Trade River Retreat Center in NW Wisconsin with Catherine Just and Douglas Beasley. Designed to explore and expand both photographic and visual boundaries and break through creative blockage. Continue for more info…
Trade River Retreat Center Near Grantsburg, Northwest Wisconsin
with Douglas Beasley
October 10-13, 2013
This highly personalized workshop is custom designed by Doug, in response to each of those in this very small group. It is a unique opportunity to look closely at your own creative process, develop ways to deepen your self-expression and find new paths for creative growth. The focus of the weekend is on creative renewal, expanded vision and to develop a sense of photographic purpose. Helping each other to unlock blockages and avoid creative sabotage will be encouraged. We will also explore the notion of what it means to be lost or stuck and how this fertile ground can be used to explore who you are as an artist, what your artwork is about and how you can use this new information to move your career or artistic direction forward in a more direct or intentional way. Continue for more info…
Breitenbush Hot Springs Oregon Mountains near Detroit, OR with Douglas Beasley Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2013
Revitalize your photography while exploring your relationship to your subject, your camera and yourself. We will learn to deepen our visual awareness while clarifying our approach, making images that are both more personal and more meaningful. Your images will become more powerful by cultivating simplicity and developing the power of intuition fueled by the proper balance of contemplation and decisiveness (be mindful/act now). Continue for more info…
Houston Center for Photography Houston, Texas
with Douglas Beasley
November 8 – 10, 2013
The urban environment is not often seen as sacred. We will work on going beyond past preconceived ideas of what and where is sacred and who controls that definition. Moving past stereotypes and making a deeper, more genuine connection to ‘place’ and learning to express that deeper connection in your photography will be a priority. We will use the land and sky as well as the urban environment to transform an emotional experience into a visual one. We explore making, and not taking, photographs. that are less generic and more personal. This will be about the inner journey of photography as well nourishing a deepening connection to one’s heart and soul, then bringing that awareness into our image making process. Self-expression and introspection will be encouraged. We also work on giving our photos more simplicity and clarity while adding layers of meaning to make stronger, more powerful images. Continue for more info…
The Linden Center Shangri-La and Yunnan Provence, SW China
with Douglas Beasley
Spring 2014
South of the Clouds has always been known as Yunnan- a fabled land of breath-taking scenery, saffron-clad Buddhist monks, exotic ethnic cultures, and year-round Spring-like weather. This region has been the cultural battleground between many of Asia’s leading traditions- Hindu beliefs from the west and the Khmer south, Confucian conventions from the northeast, Tibetan, Thai and Burmese Buddhist teachings from the north and southwest. All of these cultures have left a lasting impression on the local people and their unique iconography. Yunnan is a photographer’s paradise just waiting for you to arrive. We will photograph Taoist Temples, temples with Gods unique to each village, the gracefully decaying buildings, unique homes and elderly residents, the exquisite landscape, the village marketplaces and many other amazing places. Continue for more info…
Akiko’s Buddhist B&B Hamakua Coast near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii
with Douglas Beasley
March 11-21, 2014
This is not your parents Hawaii. This is an incredible journey to the old authentic and indigenous Hawaii and not the pre-packaged tourist version. Even if you’ve been to Honolulu and Waikiki on the Island of Oahu please join us because you have not seen or experienced anything close to this Hawaii. Some of the highlights will be a trip to the lava flow on the island’s active volcano, shoots on black sand beaches, spectacular waterfalls, Akiko’s sense of humor and infectious laugh, wandering through old plantation villages, Buddhist temples, ancient stone spiritual grounds and meeting and hanging out with with some of the islands many artists and photographers. But the best of all are the people of Big Island, who still embrace and live the “Aloha Spirit” of old Hawaii. This is a trip you will not forget and will exceed all expectations of what Hawaii is really like. Continue for more info…
Nairobi and Naivasha, Kenya
with Douglas Beasley and Elizabeth Barnwell
April 4–14, 2014
Kenya is home to some of the planet’s most diverse and magnificent wildlife. It is also known for a culture rich in the arts. Music, dance and craft are a part of everyday life. Elizabeth and Doug have planned a photographic adventure rooted in the majesty of the wild kingdom and highlighted with a very real and human experience. Continue for more info…
Near Gransburg, Northwest Wisconsin 1.5 hours drive from the Twin Cities, MN
Vision Quest’s Trade River Retreat Center is available for individuals or small groups of up to 6-8 people for personal retreats, private workshops or an Artist’s Residency. Or have a custom workshop for you or your group created by Douglas Beasley. Located 20 miles north of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, the retreat center is a very scenic 90-minute drive from the Twin Cities in Minnesota. This beautiful, very private, north woods setting rests on the banks of the Trade River, a designated trout stream and protected waterway. Continue for more info…
Trade River Retreat Center Near Grantsburg, Northwest Wisconsin
Vision Quest Photo Workshops announces a new artist’s residency program. Spend three days to one week alone, in a rustic but modern cabin in the woods, devoted to nourishing your artistic spirit at Vision Quest’s Trade River Retreat Center in NW Wisconsin.
For artists and photographers looking for a retreat-like experience to work on their art, reflect on your artistic direction, make new art or photographs, review or edit past projects, plan new career paths, have time away from work/family/life pressure and stress or use in any way useful to move your art or career forward. Or simply use the time away to reflect on where you are and where you are headed. Continue for more info…
A Deck of Photo Assignment Cards for Personal, Artistic and Spiritual Growth
“Invest in your vision, not just your equipment”
A deck of 36 beautifully printed cards, with a photo assignment on the back of each one, in a nicely designed box and printed on 100% recycled paper.
Creative growth as a photographer can be hard without an assignment to complete. Photo Assignment Cards give daily, weekly or monthly photo assignments whenever and wherever you need them. Continue for more info…
